Deepening our understanding of issues confronting contemporary society
The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR) is dedicated to increasing our understanding of current challenges facing the modern world. Through the application of innovative humanities and social science research, incorporating the knowledge of academics from a broad range of interrelated disciplines, we are at the cutting edge of humanities and social science discourse. Our Centre's research is focused on the following contemporary themes: History, Media and Change; Mobilities, Communities and In/securities; Heritage and Wellbeing; Language, Culture and Belonging.
Research Themes
Recent Highlights
Dr Mike Davis is one of the investigators of a successful ARC Linkage grant ($757,205). Mike will work on his project “Conviction Politics: The Convict Routes of Australian Democracy”. This grant is administered through Monash University.
Resident adjunct Dr Sara Riva's research explores the relationship of neoliberalism and humanitarianism, and the effects of this relationship on refugees. In this article, Dr Riva and her colleague Dr Gerhard Hoffstaedter (The University of Queensland) propose five solutions to help the world's 70 million refugees. Read the aticle in The Conversation
New Article: Professor Stan Grant: The Sydney Morning Herald. People power will test Xi Jinping, but he can wait it out
Welcome our new Professor of Global Affairs – STAN GRANT
Upcoming events
Affect, Knowledge and Embodiment Workshop series
Affect, Knowledge and Embodiment: A Critical Feminist Arts/Research Workshop Series is presented by Dr Ashleigh Watson (Griffith University), Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro (Griffith University), and Samantha Trayhurn (Western Sydney University) on Friday 19 July 2019.
Visiting Scholar Seminar series
Para-site-seeing: Art and multi-scalar mobilities is presented by Dr Jen Southern (Lancaster University, UK) on Tuesday 30 July 2019.
Embodied methodologies for researching wellbeing
Embodied methodologies for researching wellbeing workshop will be presented by special hosts, Professor Simone Fullagar (Griffith University), Dr Julia Coffey (University of Newcastle), Professor Anna Hickey-Moody (RMIT), Dr Adele Pavlidis (Griffith University) on Tuesday 13 August 2019.